L-Carnitine-supplemented parenteral nutrition improves fat metabolism but fails to support compensatory growth in premature Korean infants

Nutrition Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-239

  Seong, So Hui ^a   Cho, Soo Chul ^b   Park, Yongsoon ^c   Cha, Youn Soo ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3 hydroxybutyrate; Carnitine; Growth; Infant; L carnitine; Low birth weight; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; KOREA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; BODY WEIGHT; CARNITINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; KOREA; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 77953339800     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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